OREANDA-NEWS. In cooperation with the Liza Alert, a non-government organization, CROC has created an automated system to manage the search for missing people, assembled capabilities to arrange educational webinars for volunteers, provided volunteers with warm and waterproof clothing, and installed 33 display boards with photos of missing people at Moscow stations.

Liza Alert is a volunteer association which comprises thousands of people from various Russian cities. Using a database developed by CROC, volunteers can keep records of all registered users, automatically create an alert about a missing person, and review search history on maps. It is now much easier for search managers to find available volunteers in the database, not only by location but also by specific skills.

Thanks to collaboration with CROC, volunteer training has taken the form of webinars, with anyone who wants to join the volunteer movement now being able to obtain the necessary search skills over the Internet. This is essential for search coordinators and various experts who can share their experience and knowledge with their colleagues in different regions. The training was taken by volunteers from Bryansk, Perm, Tver, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Vyborg, Ryazan and Moscow. Moreover, the recordings of previous webinars can be used to train the next groups of volunteers.

In addition to technical support, CROC has also provided search troops with hoodies, t-shirts, waterproof trousers and coats. In order to get as many people involved in the search as possible, four boards with missing people notices were produced and mounted at four Moscow stations.

"Liza Alert is a non-commercial organization with no bank accounts or fund raising activities. This is why assistance from our partners is such a great contribution to search success. We are very pleased that a large company like CROC cares about our mission. The webinars we are now able to conduct allow us to transmit search methods to any location or to share them with anyone who is ready to enroll in the missing person search system. The station boards help us to alert society as the terminal station is a large transportation hub with high passenger traffic and as many people as possible are thus able to learn about missing persons," said Liza Alert coordinators.

"In our charitable and social projects, we do our best to use our professional skills to maximum effect. Since there are very few IT experts among the volunteers, we are very pleased to share our resources and experience because technology makes the missing person search campaigns much more effective," commented Veronika Taraba, Deputy Director General, CROC.